ith 18 points. caps the show tonight at 8:00 on abc 7. -- catch the show. >> they have all been there before. you can earn 7.5 or 8.5 this season. a country singer is apologizing after he was caught on camera kissing a woman in a bar. only problem is she was not his wife. greg cook to facebook apologizing, saying that he had too much to drink and is working to repair things with his family. >> drew barrymore, age 37, is a mother. the actress gave birth to lolive. it is her firs will. we have another hour of news starting right now at 6:00. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side.

>> of the national celebrating a division title that was decades in the making. we have reaction and details at how to get your championship gear. >> a somber anniversary. 10 years ago, the sniper shootings started, terrorizing the d.c. region. >> find out what the blizzards and hurricanes will soon have in common. good morning. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. we want to get to jacqui jeras for today's weather. >> the rain is out there, but nothing in the district yet. it's in fairfax county and pushing into northern montgomery county. s look at it on live super doppler 7 from belfort furniture weather center. some of the rain is a little heavy especially along the fairfax/loudoun county pushing east and northeast.

warm temperatures. 67 at reagan national, 61 in dallas and manassas and culpeper. 70's by this afternoon with a high in the mid 70's and showers on and off. that's your forecast. let's check on traffic with angela. >> a note for metro commuters. we're getting reports of delays on the red line. we are single-tracking between van ness and dupont circle. keep that in mind this morning. on the road, starting to see brief delays around the beltway in maryland. there is a disabled vehicle on the outer loop at university boulevard creating a brief delay. starting to see heavylays on interstate 27 southbound03 urbana and before clarksburg southbound lanes are lining up as the pace is well below posted speeds. back to you. >> thank you. this is an unusual situation. the nationals won even though

they lost. >> probably the best las vegas ever had. champagne and beer started flowing after the nationals were crowned nl east champions but they lost the game. how did they do that? the pirates defeated the braves. john gonzalez is outside a sporting goods store. >> it's raining this morning but that will not drain on our parade rain on our parade. it appears the nationals can lose a game and still win the penn that will go on sale in a few hours. moddell's is opening early as if it's a holiday. eight years after the team arrived from montreal, a champagne celebration of a likes the city has not seen in 80 years. washington nationals fans awaited a lifetime for this moment. >> i was only expecting a winning season, so it's been a pleasant surprise.

>> the team lost the game, but in the ninth inning the fans and players found out that second place atlanta had lost in pittsburg, allowing washington to cleanse the national league east division. >> it cannot get any better than that. i know we lost, but we still clenched. >> 96 wins so far. tartabull leave a d.c. team that is never finished with more wins than losses actually has a shot to finish with the best record in all of baseball. -- it is hard to believe. the 19-year-old sensation tweeted after the game, thanking d.c. and all the fans for the support. the team is not done yet. they have all the gear here. i olabanji a minute ago putting in more order. i guess it's going to be a busy day.

>> a busy day for you. >> absolutely. >> let's get to jummy olabanji with more about what you might have to pay to get to the playoff games. >> i already have a t-shirt. , let him know. we are trying to keep our viewers who want to know about ticket prices in the loop. we checked stubhub. these ticket prices are going up already. the nl division series tickets starting at $85. that's a couple dollars more than they were two fridays ago when the tickets went on sale to the general public. if you look a little closer down, $130 for and helped championships series tickets. that means if the nationals make it through the next round, those

tickets already in the hundreds of dollars. -- the nl championship series tickets. get the tickets now because prices are getting pretty high. back to you. >> thank you. new this morning firefighters try to find the cause of a two- alarm fire in a manassas townhouse. firefighters kept it contained the first floor. seven people were in the house at the time. one person suffered a minor injury after jumping from a third floor window. two others were evaluated at the scene. no word on how it started. >> 10 years ago today, the d.c. sniper shootings began. >> john allen mohammed and lee boyd malvo terrorized the region before there were captured. brianne carter joins us from wheaton, the site of the first shooting in the area. >> as you said, this is where it

all began. what terrorized many people in the region. people say it's hard to believe it's been 10 years. 10 years ago today, 55-year-old james martin was shot and killed in this week and parking lot the first in a string of deadly sniper shootings that terrorized the region. > i was a monster. if, if, -- i mean, if you look up the definition -- i mean, that's what a monster is. i was a ghoul. i was a thief. i stole people's lives. >> they killed 10 people and critically injured three more. john allen mohammed was executed in 2009. malvo, a juvenile, was sentenced to six life terms. now a decade later in an exclusive interview with the washington post, he says his remorseful. >> i am sorry, i am sorry. and it sounds -- there is no way to express -- there is no

way to express that. i mean, what am i going to tell them? >> shot at close range in september 2002, paul laruffa was one of the first targets in d.c. >> i do believe he is a different person today than 10 years ago. that being said, i don't think he should be let out of jail and he still did it and is responsible for it. >> we spoke with one man who works at this store. he started working here right after this first shooting happened 10 years ago. the shooting spree lasted three weeks. >> running mates are taking care of campaigning today. obama and romney have one last full day before tomorrow's big debate. mitt romney doing his preparatory work in colorado outside denver. president obama getting ready in

nevada. his side has lowered expectations -- both sides have. lowered have >> a hollywood icon is. getting a is >> and there's new research about married couples and household chores that could have you bring up your

cracks in bethesda we are baking and getting ready for saturday, october 6, the taste of bethesda. join us for a slice of heaven. >> good morning, washington.

>> good morning, washington. i have not had breakfast. that looks good. it is a rainy morning out there. grab the umbrella. we have showers and some downpours. looking at live super doppler in gaithersburg and into montgomery county and over the county line and over the state line in virginia towards sterling and ashburn. getting some heavy rain at this time. there's no thunder, so that's good news. the satellite and radar picture shows this is scattered all across the mid-atlantic, stretching towards the deep south. expect delays in new york, philadelphia, and maybe even here as well as raleigh and atlanta. temperatures will be in the '70s with occasional showers. 80's tomorrow as we get rid of the rain by about noon. we will stay dry for the rest of the week. >> on the roads, starting to see

a lot of brake lights for folks travelling eastbound on 66 coming from manassas and around 234 business to the car rest area and passing the centreville interchanges from 29 to 28, a brief delay heading towards the beltway. insi the beltway at let -- at nutley street, a problem on 66 eastbound, installed tractor- trailer. traffic is slow getting through that region. through tysons, the inner loop is open and moving well as you make the trek towards the american legion bridge. that continues well on the beltway inner loop through montgomery county all the way to 95. back to you. >> thank you. 6:13. let's talk baseball. the orioles hoping to take a division title. >> ohio authorities finally learning about mr. x.

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there's no other taste like it. america runs on dunkin' coffee. >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington" with cynne simpson and steve chenevey. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> investigators searching for the personal killed a lawmaker in the maldives whose party is part of the ruling coalition. someone stabbed him to death at his home in the capital. a presidential spokesman condemned the killing. check the other headlines around the world, six crew members were arrested after a deadly blow collision in hong kong. people died when a boat carrying holiday travelers collided with a ferry. rescuers are now searching for wreckage for more potential victims. >> a north korean minister lashing out at the u.s., saying

america's hostile policy has left the korean peninsula one step away from nuclear war. he also accused the united states of seeking to use force to occupy the entire career and peninsula and to use that as a stepping stone to dominate asia. >> ikea is under fire from removing women from their catalog in saudi arabia. women appear infrequently in advertising in saudi arabia. >> one of the 58 people wounded in the colorado shootings is jumping into the debate on gun control. four people were killed when a gunman opened fire in july. one man had 25 and shotgun pellets in his face and his neck, but somehow survived.

>> this past summer in colorado i was shot in the face and neck, but i was lucky. in the next four years, 48,000 americans will not be so lucky, because if they will be murdered with guns during the next president's term. >> that targets the presidential candidates and is sponsored by a mayor's coalition. >> a former fugitive suspected of running a scam collecting donations for navy veterans is a harvard-trained attorney. the man who identified himself as bobby thomson and signed a legal papers as mr. x is accused of defrauding the owners of up to $100 million. he's actually coty. >> the weather channel's winter weather experts say that most winter storms usually end up

with a name like snowmageddon so now the naming will occur no more than three days before the expected impact for hurricanes. most of the blizzards names will have a greek or roman name. >> interesting. this is not the government that doing this. this is the weather channel. i am understand their reasoning for one thing to do that to help identify them. they think things like snowmageddon might be a little more fun. the weathery will look at the storms after the fact rate the intensity. they will look at things like population and impact as well as the severity of the storms. you can get a foot of snow in

the cascade compared to a foot of snow in d.c. and there's a big difference on the impact. >> good thing we don't have to worry about this for awhile. >> brutus would work for me as a blizzard name. >> it will be interesting to see if local meteorologist choose to follow suit and follow the weather channel. anyway, let's look at what's going on. it's a little spotty out there. it is north of the district. cloudy conditions at this hour. live super doppler showing the heavier rain near gaithersburg and northern parts of montgomery county, heavy downpours. this is all moving to the east slightly north and east. we could pick up a quarter inch or so. check out some of the rainfall totals already. washington, virginia, about a half-inch. almost a half-inch in meyersville. rockville has about a third of

an inch. warm temperatures this morning with cloud cover. lots of 60's. 66 at reagan national. the clouds will continue today along with the rainfall. it will not be all day long. you will need the umbrella more today compared with yesterday. you can see the system well to our south. it will stick with us into tomorrow morning. we will get into the one sector. that will bring our temperatures up the next couple days. today's forecast, cloudy, scattered showers 72-76. occasional showers tonight, 58- 68. i think we will wrap this up tomorrow morning and we will be dry through the afternoon. 80-degree temperatures to round out the week. how is traffic? >> we are seeing a lot of slow traffic. metro commuters, on the red line there are delays because of single-tracking between van ness and dupont circle.

on 95 northbound in virginia, we are seeing the slowest traffic coming from the aquia harbor area, through dale city. jammed through the occoquan. it is slow from lorton through springfield. an accident at loisdale road north of the fairfax county parkway in newington. >> of hollywood stathe hollywood sign -- >> it will be it primed and given a. shiny new coat of the work will take 10 weeks. the sun was rebuilt in 35 years ago. -- it will get a shiny new coats of of paint. >> of taking action on

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>> of monday night's matchup. tony romo and the dallas cowboys would rather forget it. chicago bears peace did on him as he threw five interceptions two of them returned for touchdowns. the bears defeated the cowboys 34-18.

the baltimore orioles lost some ground in their push to win the a.l. east >> . they got burned in the bottom of the seventh. the orioles have secured a playoff spot, but they want to try to steal division title from the yankees. the yankees won last night, so they have a one-game lead. >> couples may not want to split up the household chores. >> they could end up splitting up. norwegian researchers said couples are more likely to break up if they share household chores equally. one possible explanation is couples in equal partnerships may have a more model view of marriage. men and women reported the highest satisfaction when house work was equally divided. that debate will continue. >> it is 64 degrees. we have another half hour ahead. >> the national celebrate their first division title since moving here in 2005,. we are live with reaction and we

will look at some of the

>> live and in hd. this is "good morning washington." on your side. >> it cannot get any better than none. >> starting out, the nats when the diversion to the nation's capital. and fans are thrilled. >> the world series is at stake. and problems on american

airlines. and that diverts two flights. good morning, it is tuesday, october 2. i am steve chenevy. >> i am cynne simpson. let's check in with jacqui jeras. >> wet start here in northern montgomery county. the rain is coming down. checking out super doppler in the belfort weather center. we will show you were the rain is. down towards fredericksburg and culpeper. rain in ruston. along 270. temperatures very warm. 69 along reagan national. we will warm into the 70's as we head into the afternoon hours with on and off showers. enough to keep the umbrella handy. 80's in that in a second. let us check on traffic. good morning angela.

>> good morning. me of rain in montgomery county. that a slowing things down on 270. volume delays from frederick into hyattstown. a disabled vehicle at falls road southbound. traveling in virginia, like rain but no early troubles on 395. making the trek inside the beltway, clear and marked down as you head into the district. cynné and steve, back to you. >> thank you. we have some good news. the nats pop the champagne to celebrate their nl east title. >> the win the title despite losing the game last night. john gonzalez has more in bethesda. modells is gone to opening up in an hour and a half. >> the stores will open up early. this is the official

merchandise. the nationals will play their first game of the playoffs either saturday or sunday. you are still not sure who they will play. but i guess it does not really matter. because the nats win the first pennant -- it was eight years ago on the nationals moved from montreal to the district. and the champagne celebration last night was one we have not seen in the city in nearly 80 years. the team lost the game against the phillies. but in the ninth inning, the players are not the second place but lendl lost and pittsburg allowing washington to clinch the east division. the nationals won enough games from april to september 2 when the division. they have never finished with more wins than losses and actually shot to finish with the best record in all of baseball. >> you want to enjoy it the night, but we want to get deep into the playoffs. we will -- we want to have more

of these. we want that trophy. >> now the team still -- modells opened at 8:00 a.m.. i have something even better. how about some bryce harper striven strasbourg masks, just in time for halloween. >> may be confined some swimming and googles. >> either way, we appreciate it. >> for continuing coverage of the nats division games you can find it on our website wjla.com. court's believe it or not, it is been 10 years since the d.c. sniper shootings began. john allen muhammed and lee boyd malvo started to terrorize the area before they were captured. brianne carter is live at the

first sight of the shooting. >> the shootings began here in this weekend parking lot. a shooting spree that lasted three weeks. the first incident starting right here, filling it typified- year-old man, shot and killed in this parking lot. this really terrified and paralyzed many people in this area. there were too concerned to go out and do everyday tasks but for the courage to restore getting gas. john allen muhammed and lee boyd malvo shot 13 people, killing 10 of them. lee boyd malvo is behind bars of virginia's state prison. 10 years later, he is speaking and one on one exclusive interview with the washington post. he says he is remorseful for his actions and says he was a monster at the time. he says he remembers each one of these shootings. talking to folks out here, they remember it like it was yesterday as well. talk to one man whose was

working at the store. >> it was terrible. he was just shooting people for no reason a. >> that was the reaction from a lot of people. some many people were terrified from these incidents. the shooting spree that lasted three weeks. the first incident happening 10 years ago today. reporting live, brianne carter, abc 7 news. >> the federal government looking into incidents where passenger seats came loose during an american airlines flight. on a flight from boston to miami had to make landing. and yesterday it flight had to go back to kennedy airport after lose seats were discovered. they say these flights recently when theirwent under maintenance worker

the seats had to be removed. >> also, a man forced to jump after fire breaks out in [ kreg smith ] i'm third generation military. i served in the army two tours over there. when i got back from iraq i was searching for new jobs. [ lionel hamilton ] veterans make great employees because you know they've already got expertise and they've got job skills instilled in them from the military. [ kreg smith ] what i've learned being deployed overseas is a high senense of adaptability, leadership skills, and teamwork. [ lionel hamilton ] ge doesesn't hire veterans because they're veterans. we hire veterans because they're extremely qualified.

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escaped a fire in his new york city apartment by jumping three stories into the arms of goods americans below. look at that video. the 72-year-old only suffered a bruised heel. the department was significantly damaged. and dozens of the emergency troops spent a night at a speed and international house and canada, because it went up in flames. >> this is about 6:30 in the evening monday. flumes started rising from the winnipeg warehouse. but stores are racing fuel. one nation reports the fire was under control at about midnight but still has not been put out completely. people were evacuated. it is not clear when they can go home. no injuries reported. >> 6:40 is the time. jacqui jeras is joining us. we have the rain coming down. >> we have the stretch where we were so dry. we were concerned at that time.

but that is no worries. you will need your umbrella today. let us go to doug hill for latest. hello. >> hello. it feels like spring out of there this morning. they are not thunderstorms yet. let us check out the super doppler radar. rain across the region. just crossing into 70, north of gaithersburg. we will keep our eyes on that. over northeastern kentucky, that front will turn into a warm front. that is our chance of thunderstorms, pushing cluster to 80 degrees this afternoon. temperatures -- springlike. in the mid to upper 60's. we will have clouds and showers isolated thunderstorms. temperatures will be well for the seventies, maybe even close to 80 degrees in spots. let us check the traffic.

how does it look? >> iran is slowing things down, especially on 66. a couple of trouble spots adding to the heavy volume. an accident reported near the plains area. that blocking the left lane. we are dealing with heavy volume as you continue eastbound on 66. along delay starting in centreville. still blocking the left lane at nutley street, with crash clean up their. on the beltway in maryland, volume delays getting from college park to silver spring. on the outer loop lanes. here live look at new hampshire avenue. also crash reported southbound, bw parkway at powder mill road. back to the news desk. >> thank you. 6:42. the foxz i'm barack obama and i

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>> welcome back. the fonz comes to washington. henry winkler is in town today. >> he is joining abbacy advocacy groups. we refer to the fonz -- we know you do so much more. >> is the foundation of everything that i do. it is really true. and i love him very much. >> now you can take that and you can use the fact that people know you and recognize you for that to -- for advocacy causes like you do now. >> what i am here in town for, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., i will be speaking at the capital hilton. if you have a caregiver, a patient, doctors, they can come

to the capital hilton and we will chat about this. there will be an neurologist. >> for those who are not familiar, this can be a very debilitating muscle problem. >> my mom had a stroke. about three months after the stroke, the secondary muscles and the upper arms start to take over. and obscene and a million times. the hand is snarled. the arm is frozen into place. and there's very little to do. there's now been neutral and the doctors told box. the therapeutic use of a botox for upper limb use. about a million people a year suffer the ravages of stroke. i find this to the amazing. >> this drug causes the majority of this. >> exactly. today we are on to talk to paralyzed veterans. who have served their country

gallantly. it also comes from head injury. spinal cord injury. >> before we let to go, what is in the works for you now? what is coming up? >> a new ghost buddy, a new one of our novels. a new film opening on october 12. here comes the boom. it will make you -- you can take an nine-year-old and your grandmother. >> people i do not think we realize that you have written more than 20 books. which is remarkable. we hope your next book is about time management. >> can i say hello to ethnic and lilly and jamie. >> good morning. >> there you go.

>> thank you so much for joining us. let us go to jacqui jeras. >> that just made my day. the weather is not so well. we have some wet weather. but warm temperatures to go along with it. let us go to doug hill for the latest. >> not as well. here is what we have a. just a tiny bit of a rain. it is affecting traffic. temperatures very mild. mid 60's. but cooler in the potomac highlands and the mountains. here is the story on the radar patches of rain is the story. and possibly an isolated thunderstorm or two. in the morning front moves through. right now the heaviest rain to the north and east of gaithersburg. the storm center will remain to the west feared it will stay on the warm side for the next couple of days.

here is our tuesday forecast. showers, isolated thunderstorms. in the 70's. depending on how far north the wind front comes, we could be close to 80 degrees this afternoon. let us find out its impacts on our commute. angela. >> we are dealing with a lot of troubles out there. try to keep up with everything that is happening. accident just reported to us, eastbound 7,. we are being told the accident is in the ditch. attracting a lot of attention. in the meantime, looking at the springfield interchange, things are not too bad, just volume delays. 95 northbound as you make your way through springfield, very heavy coming in from the ocoquan. from the beltway, and our live delays from gallo's and 395. pretty good.

boy in delays past seminary road. back over to the news. >> and facebook give away. to celebrate the start of the fall season. >> that is right. can win four tickets to the fall festival today's winner was a from herndon, virginia. rachelle young. the time now is 6:50. we have your tuesday express coming up. >> a live round up of all today's top stories and what you need to know before you head

>> coming up here, a wild thing on tape. while the late showa wild life show. the idea of it is rather terrifying to me. we will hear more next. >> thank you. it is 6:53. time for your tuesday express. >> our experts here reaching-- we will start with brianne carter. >> it was 10 years today that the sniper shootings began. the first shooting here in this weekend parking lot.

john allen muhammed and lee boyd malvo killing 10 people. lee boyd malvo serving time in jail. he says he is remorseful for his actions. >> we just received results from a poll conducted by wtop, it shows barack obama has a lead in northern virginia. this is up six. from a similar poll conducted back in july. there is a four.71% margin of error -- 4.71% margin of error. this is one area they will both be keeping a close eye on. back to you. >> here is what you need to know before you head out the door. >> a full agenda for today's meeting. to increase the size of the airport authority board to amending the -- and give them more budget. >> occupy protesters are marking

the one year anniversary of their movement. at noon the road hold a march outside of the bank of america at 15th street and pennsylvania avenue. so a heads up you are heading that way at lunchtime. >> and a sample taken from a home. the home of john allen muhammehoffa. for more on these stories -- go to wjla.com and look for the tuesday express tab. >> now we will check in with angela foster care records a lot of accidents out there in about 295, and the crash reported after eastern avenue, blocking the left lane. no incidents on 395 heading to the district. we are seeing volume delays coming in from 95 to springfield interchange as you had passed the pentagon into the district this morning. let us see what our forecast is

like. >> a little on the web site. showers on and off. temperatures will get into the mid 70's this afternoon. or seven they forecast showing edie's back for the rest of the week. this will be nice and warm -- the forecast showing 80's back for the rest of the week. this will be nice and warm. >> let us focus on the positive. >> one day at a time. thank you for stopping by. >> stay tuned for >> good morning america." and you can always turn into news channel 8. see you at noon. david smallwood: maryland money needs to stay in marylan it's just that simple, i mean, it's a no brainer. anncr: every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty... million at casinos in west virginia, delaware... and pennsylvania. one west virginia paper calls it a "cash cow" for them. but its cost maryland over one billion

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